Hand dump-shovel.



N0. 694,263 Patented Feb.v25,' |902.

J. FELTN.`

I HAND DUMP sHovEL.

(Alplication led Nov. 14. 1901.)

(No Modl.)

"illllll UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

JOI-IN FELTON, OF FERTILE, MINNESOTA.

HAND DUMP-SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,263, dated February25, 1902.

Application tiled November 14, 1901. Serial No. 82,303. (No model.)

To all whom it may conceive:

Be it known that I, JOHN FELTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fertile, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Hand Dump- Shovel, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention is an improved hand dumpshovel adapted for use in movinggrain, coal, and other material; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a handdump-shovel embodying my improvements, showing vthe same in one of itsloading positions. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View ofthe same,showing the engaging dog in engagedpo sition with the floor orother surface on which the dump-shovel is operated. Fig. 3 is a de-Vtail transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a de tail view of amodification.

In the embodiment of my invention here shown the shovel or body 1 issubstantially in the form of a scoop and comprises the bottom 2, therear wall 3, and the side walls et. In practice the said body or shovelmay be made of sheet iron or steel or any other suitable material. Inthe bottom of the shovel or body, at the sides thereof and at a suitabledistance from the front thereof, are longitudinal openings 5.Supporting-wheels 6 have their upperportions disposed in the saidopenings, and the said wheels are mounted on axles 7, which have theirbearings in the side walls of the shovel or body and in covers 8, whichare disposed over the said openings and the said wheels. The latterenable the shovel or 4body to be readily trundled from place to placeand serve to support the shovel or body and the load therein when thefront end of the said shovel or body is raised.

To enable the shovel or body to be operated and moved from place toplace, I provide a pair of handles 9. The front ends of the same aresecured on the side walls of the shovel or body at the rear uppercorners thereof, either as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings or .by anyother suitable means. The

bottom of the body or shovel is reinforced by a pair of longitudinallydisposed metallic straps lO, which are riveted or otherwise securedunder the bottom ofthe body or shovel near the sides thereof and justwithin the openings 5, and the rear ends of which reinforcing-straps areupturned and riveted or otherwise secured to the rear wall of the bodyor shovel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 at 11.

On the rear side of the shovel or body are secured the front ends of apair of brace-rods 12, the rear upper ends of which are secured to theunder` sides of the handles 9.

A pair of transversely-disposed bars 13 are secured on the rear side ofthe body or shovel at a suitable distanceabove the bottom thereof, andthe inner proximate ends of the said bars 18 are turned rearwardly atright angles to form lugsv 14, between which is disposed the lower endof a lever 15, which is pivotally bolted between the said lugs, as at16. At the upper end of the said lever, which is curved forwardly, asshown, is a laterally-extending handle 17. A spring-,pressed latch 1S iscarried by the said lever, and the vsaid latch is adapted to normallylock the said lever to the upper side of the .rear wall of the body orshovel, as shown in Figs.` l and 2 of the drawings.

A dog 1 9, which is here shown as provided with apair of prongs 20, ispivotally connected at its upper end to the lever 15, near the lower endof the latter, by a bolt or other suitable device 21. The prongs of thesaid dog are connected togetherV by a foot bar or rod 22. The said dogis adapted to be turned downwardly, so that its prongs may engage theioor or surface on which the hand dumpshovel is operated, or it may beturned upwardly to raise the prongs from their said engaging position. Iprovide a catch 23, which is pivoted, as at 24, to the said dog, and ishere shown as of substantially the form of the letter U and providedwith a pair of hooks 25. The said catch 23 is actuated by a spring orsprings 2G, and when the said dog is turned upwardly the said hooks ofthe said catch are adapted to engage the upper side of the rear Wall 3,as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. A rod a; connects the handles 9together and is disposed at a point above the rear side of the shovel orbody.

The operation of my invention is as follows: In order to load myimproved hand dumpshovel, the same is pushed by the handles 9 IOO andits front side lowered to the ground or door before reaching the pile ofgrain or other material and the shovel or body pushed thereinto as faras possible, thus causing the body or shovel to be partially or entirelyfilled with the material. In the event that this action results ininsufficiently loading the body or shovel the lever must be operated tofurther urge the same into the material. To thus operate the lever l5,the operator first trips the hook from the rear wall of the body orshovel by pressing with the toe of one foot on the lower portion of theU-shaped catch 23. This allows the dog 19 to drop to and engage with theiioor at a point in rear of the shovel or body. The operator then alsopushes the hook 18, which may be done with the toe of one foot, therebydisengaging the lever lfrom the rear end of the shovel. He then placeshis foot on the brace or rod 22, presses downwardly on one of thehandles with one hand, and with lthe other draws the lever 15rearwardly, thereby causing the shovel or body to be forced into thepile of material, as will be understood. The lever 15 may be operated asmany times as is necessary to thus load the shovel or body. Usually,however, it is not necessary to thus operate the lever 15 and the latterneed not be disengaged from the rear side of the shovel or body.Assuming that the dog has been engaged with the floor in the mannerpreviously described, the shovel or body may be urged into the pile ofmaterial by alternately raising and lowering the rear end thereof,

dog are drawn forward and rengaged with the Hoor, the operator havingone foot on the bar 22, and at each downward movement of the rear end ofthe body or shovel the leverage of the handles and dog is such asto urgethe shovel or body forwardly into the pile. This operation may berepeated until the shovel or body is loaded. Having thus loadedtheshovel or body, the handles are depressed until the hooks 25 engagethe upper side of the rear wall of the shovel or body, and this actionalso shifts the center of gravity of the .loadrearwardly in the shovelor body and f balances the same on the wheels `6, as will be',understood, and the loaded shovel may be then readily wheeled to thedump.

My improved hand dump-shovel is especially adapted for use for unloadingcoal or grain from cars and in handling ore in mines. The peripheries ofthe wheels 6 are fiat when the dump-shovel is used in handling coal orore; but when the same is used in handling grain the peripheries of `thewheels are preferably beveled and rounded atY the angle formed by thebevels, as indicated in Fig. 4L, the wheels when thus fashioned actingto push the grain laterally out of their way, thus avoiding the crushingof the grain.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction andcombination of devices herein shown and described, as it is evident thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit ofmyinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A hand dump-shovelhaving supportingwheels on which the same is adapted to be balanced andprovided with rearwardly-extending handles, in combination with a leverconnected to said shovel and a device carried by said lever to engagethe door or surface on which the shovel is operated, and in coactionwith said lever push the said shovel forwardly into a pile of materialto load said shovel, substantially as described.

2. A shovel or body of the class described having supporting-wheelswhich adapt the same to be tilted'or inclined and means whereby it maybe pushed into a mass of material,

,tilted or inclined to any desired angle and moved on its wheels frompoint to point, in combination with a lever fulcrumed to said body and adog pivoted to and thereby adapted to be operated by said lever, toengage the surface on which the shovel or body is operated and push thesame forwardly into a pile ot' material, whereby the same may be loaded,substantially as described.

which vmay be done by means of the handles 9.y On each upward movementof the rear "end of the shovel or body the points of the 3. Incombination with'a hand dump-shovel having su pporting-wheels andrearwardly-extending handles, a lever fulcrumed on the rear side of saidshovel and having a catch to lock the same thereto, a dog for thepurpose set forth, pivotally connected to the said lever and a catch tolock'the said dog in an elevated disengaged position, substantially asdescribed.

4. In combination with a hand du mp-shovel having supporting-wheels andrearwardly-ex tending handles, a lever fulcrumed on the rear side ofsaidshovel, and a dog pivotally connected to the said lever, said doghaving an element adapted to be depressed by the foot of the operator toengage said dog with the door or surface on which said hand dumpshovelis operated, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim Vthe foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FELTON.

XVitnesses:

H. L. GAYLORD, HARRY O. GAYLORD.

